| Subject | Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/15] rcu: Properly initialize ->boost_tasks on CPU offline | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:40:38 +0200 |
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On Thu, 2012-08-30 at 11:56 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > When rcu_preempt_offline_tasks() clears tasks from a leaf rcu_node > structure, it does not NULL out the structure's ->boost_tasks field. > This commit therefore fixes this issue.
What would have been the side-effects of this? Would rcu-boosting have been able to go funny on hotplug, and if so, how?
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